Sentences with phrase «tendencies among»

The current results suggest that better understanding the way in which mononuclear white blood cell signaling processes are altered, net of effects on individual differences in cell type composition, is promising as a mechanism by which protective parenting influences young adult pro-inflammatory tendencies among African American youth.

«In retrospect, one might see parallels between Pousette - Dart's work and tendencies among his younger contemporaries to stress immaterial and performative qualities of art, highlight the creative process, and provide immersive environments.»

So did competitiveness and copy - cat tendencies among governors.

Never underestimate the highly narcissistic tendencies among conservative religious adherents to see oneself as the martyr.

There are tendencies among Pentecostals (as in other Christian groups) to withdraw and limit their involvement to their own circles instead of being open and seeking contact with other churches.

Let's turn our attention for a moment to the elephant in the living room, or should I say the «alleged» elephant, since Cardinal Dulles refers to «the alleged increase of homosexual tendencies among younger members in the Society of Jesus as well as in other religious orders and diocesan seminaries.»

There is still abundant evidence of tendencies among the health and social service professionals to close ranks against the clergy.

The various tendencies among the Sunnis have often led to differences in point of view, but not to the creation of new sects.

The rationalism of the Mu» tazilites at one time almost led to the formation of a recognizable sect, but today the rationalist point of view is only one of several tendencies among the Sunnis.

And I was suspicious also of the «back to Wesley» tendencies among some Methodists.

«There's a tendency among the pro-print crowd to romanticize physical books, but in the long run I think they're right for many of the reasons Fallon outlines in her article.

Whereas other investors are chasing price action if you're somebody who's sort of a trend follower or you're simply buying and holding, there's a greater tendency among Austrian investors to appreciate value.»

Whereas other investors are chasing price action, if you're somebody who's sort of a trend follower, or you're simply buying and holding, there's a greater tendency among Austrians to appreciate value.

In recent years, there is an increasing tendency among investors from developing countries to channel their funds into other developing countries, writes

There's such a tendency among Christians to lump all homosexuals together as a group of faceless, nameless «perverts» and to make statements not rooted in fact.

There is, I worry, something of a tendency among Soloveitchik's followers toward excess on this point.

And it seems to me that this conundrum in particular — this tendency among young, social media - savvy evangelicals to consume information about the depravity of our culture like Cookie Monster at an Oreo Factory, only to belch out the same tired critiques — comes down to our understanding of the Kingdom of God and how it's made.

This is important insofar as there is a tendency among Hauerwas students to leave low - church denominations for higher ones.

There is a tendency among Buddhists to oppose any clinging to personal existence.

There is a discernible tendency among such groups to affirm a more developmental, historically conditioned and «Arminian» doctrine of Scripture that avoids the characteristic vocabulary of the absolutistic and ahistorical «inerrancy» formulation.

Likewise, there is a tendency among some (but not all) process theologians to neglect man's relation to history, including most importantly the salvation history witnessed to in the Bible.

One of the most disturbing developments in the Church recently has been the growth of a tendency among Catholics who a year or two ago would have been considered papal loyalists to be so confused by the public statements of the present Holy Father that they have become either tacitly or even openly critical of the way he is conducting his teaching ministry.

I have noticed a tendency among some who leave comments that they simply can not discuss without saying, «they should just preach the gospel.»

Illustrative of this is the tendency among film production companies and recorded music producers to concentrate on «blockbusters».

There is an acknowledged tendency among Western media... to devote the greatest attention to the Third World in times of disaster, crisis and confrontation.4

Now in this regard, the general tendency among students and historians of philosophy has been to see process philosophy as firmly emplaced on the Continental side.

Richard C. Leonard Arlington Heights, IL... Robert Wilken reasons from the unexamined premise that the widespread tendency among Christians to concede to Judaism a kind of theological «right to exist» is a movement of the Spirit.

Unfortunately, the tendency among charitable and church - related organizations has been to duplicate tax - supported efforts to institutionalize and professionalize means of child care and treatment.

There has been a tendency among some of the rifle fancy to look upon this newcomer Weatherby, this insurance man turned riflemaker, as an upstart.

This is not to say that all MPs are guilty of bullying or harassment, yet there is a tendency among some to think that winning the votes of thousands of people gives them a mandate to do what they want to get what they want.

The trial exposed some of the dark corners of the Cuomo administration, including a bullying culture where aides were threatened if they tried to leave, and a widespread tendency among the most senior members of Cuomo's administration to evade transparency rules and keep their communications secret.

I think there was a tendency among political commentators to regard what happened in 2015 in the Labour Party as if it was a political nervous breakdown, as if everybody in the Labour Party had lost their minds, or it was a takeover of the party by entryists.

At the heart of the problem, he suspects, is a tendency among agency decision - makers to shun innovation because they are risk averse, «so they end up building bigger versions of observatories they have already flown.»

There is a common tendency among readers to project all of the events and ideas that are contained in a work of fiction upon its author.

18 And then there's a tendency among voters simply to vote for the first name on the ballot.

«There's a tendency among green architects to look for the latest and greatest,» Kaufmann says.

In the same vein, research shows a common tendency among aggressive and angry drivers is to let themselves off the hook by blaming external factors for their own behavior («I had a really bad day at work.»).

Alliance formation refers to the tendency among people to team up in pursuit of a common goal.

This finding may reflect a tendency among women to consider masturbation part of a «broader repertoire of sexual fulfillment,» the authors wrote, rather than a substitute for partnered sex.

Virkkunen M. Reactive hypoglycemic tendency among habitually violent offenders.

References: 1: Virkkunen M (1982) Reactive hypoglycemia tendency among habitually violent offenders.

Just as long as it doesn't effect your recovery.The purpose is to quench the self - indulgent urges to do direct arm work — which are incredibly prevalent tendency among newbies, and I was no exception — without actually interfering with your progress.

I loathe the tendency among fashion magazines to create utterly outlandish must - have lists.

There is a distressing tendency among humans to look at one aspect of a person (such as personal politics) and assign ALL other views to that one observation.

There is a tendency among film critics, programmers, and academics to dismiss filmmakers who work within genres as entertainers, not accepting them as artists.

Whenever a movie comes out with an important message, there is a tendency among viewers to want to like the film because of that message (provided they agree with it) and are willing to put plausibility aside for the sake of the argument presented.

Edinburgh International Film Festival There's a slightly condescending tendency among many critics to brand almost any British film set on a working - class council estate as «miserablist» simply by virtue of the aesthetics of its setting, despite the fact that many thousands of people live functional, three - dimensional lives in precisely such conditions.

A tendency among some of the researchers «to rush prematurely into print and marketing with very early and preliminary indications of factor loadings based on one dataset (Curry 1990, 51, in Coffield et al., 2004)».

There's a tendency among education reformers and economists who study data on teacher effectiveness to say, «See, teacher effectiveness varies dramatically from one teacher to another, even in the same school.

There is a tendency among refomers to sentimentalize the lives of the poor, or to infuse poverty with a note of tragic heroism.